Chile

• Saturday, July 2nd 2022 - 10:09 UTC

  Chile's gov't aims to tax the wealthiest and the mining companies

  

  The administration of Chilean President Gabriel Boric Font Friday moved on with its initiative to introduce a revolutionary tax reform, which targets the wealthiest 3% of the population and the large copper mining companies.

• Thursday, June 30th 2022 - 19:58 UTC

  Chile reducing unemployment, albeit slowly

  

  Chile's National Institute of Statistics (INE) Wednesday released a report showing a 7.8% unemployment rate for the March/May 2022 quarter, a 0.1% turn for the worse when compared to the February-April period, although, overall, nearly 96% of the jobs lost during the COVID-19 pandemic have been recovered.

• Tuesday, June 28th 2022 - 21:13 UTC

  Most Chileans oppose new Constitution

  

  According to a survey released in Santiago Monday, 51% of Chileans would not support the new Constitution draft which seeks to replace the one from the Military Dictatorship era of General Augusto Pinochet.

• Friday, June 24th 2022 - 10:08 UTC

  Chilean miners lift strike after agreement with Codelco

  

  Chilean copper mine workers have agreed to lift their strike after reaching an agreement with the state-owned Chilean National Copper Corporation (Codelco), it was announced Thursday.

• Wednesday, June 22nd 2022 - 09:54 UTC

  First Chilean-built icebreaker 60% complete

  

  At a total cost of around US$ 210 million, Chile's first home-built icebreaker is already 60% complete and plans to be seaworthy by the time of the XII International Naval Exhibition and Congress in Valparaíso in December, it was reported.

• Tuesday, June 21st 2022 - 10:11 UTC

  RAM strikes again in Argentine Patagonia

  

  The Mapuche Armed Resistance (RAM) Group has claimed responsibility for Monday's burning of the Forestry offices in the Argentine province of Chubut, with pamphlets of the radicalized organization scattered all over the area.

• Monday, June 13th 2022 - 20:48 UTC

  Bachelet quits UN Human Rights post and returns to Chile

  

  Former two-time Chilean President Michelle Bachelet Monday delivered a speech she said was her last as UN High Commissioner for Human Rights.

• Thursday, June 9th 2022 - 09:48 UTC

  Resumption of Chile/Falklands air link, a “historic event”, says Argentine official Carmona

  

  “A historic event” is how Guillermo Carmona, the Argentine Secretary for Malvinas, South Atlantic islands, and Antarctica affairs described the confirmed resumption of the weekly air link between Punta Arenas in Chile and the Falkland Islands, with a monthly stop over at Rio Gallegos in Santa Cruz province.

• Wednesday, June 8th 2022 - 09:20 UTC

  Commercial air link Falklands/Chile scheduled to resume 2nd July. Ticket booking begins

  

  Following the announcement made on 7 April 2022, the air link between the Falkland Islands and Chile will resume on Saturday 2 July 2022. LATAM flight schedules will be reinstated with flights stopping in Punta Arenas and Santiago, and once a month stopping in Rio Gallegos.

• Wednesday, June 8th 2022 - 09:00 UTC

  Chile's trade balance on the rise

  

  Chile's foreign trade reached US$ 86.149 billion between January and May of 2022, according to data from the Undersecretariat of International Economic Relations, which showed a 20% interannual increase, it was reported Tuesday.